Summary: Ah...college...those were the days. It's week one, and already the gang is being tortured. Exams, unwanted visits, and walk ins on compromising positions. Poor Ryou, Malik, and the others...It's time to get back to school!

I'm loving this story! And it's mine! That's a rare thing for me! I do hope that you all continue to read this! I'm updating a day early, but I do plan to update normally on Sundays.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to YGO nor do I claim to. Heck, I don't even own the story baseline!

Bakura = Ryou

Yami Bakura = Bakura

Marik = Malik

Yami Marik = Marik

This story contains Yaoi, don't like then don't read!

-Blah- Emphasized words

"Blah" Speaking

'Blah' Thoughts

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**** Flashback or Dream ****

//Bakura to Ryou//

/Ryou to Bakura/

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Those Were The Days

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Ryou walked into the dorm room growling. Malik looked up from his place on the couch and raised an eyebrow. "Something wrong, Ryou?"

Ryou glared at him as he stalked across the room and into the bedroom. A few seconds later, Malik heard Ryou cussing the wall out in English, and several thumps. Deciding to be safe, rather than sorry, Malik decided not to enter their bedroom until the thumping stopped. With the way Ryou was cursing, Malik had to wonder whether or not Bakura had left home and came up to the university to posses Ryou for a few days.

Malik was saved from venturing into the hell known as the bedroom when Ryou came out, glowering. Ryou was tying up his hair into a ponytail, and glared at Malik when he felt eyes on his face. "You should be getting ready. Yami has 'kindly' demanded that we go with him to pick up Tea from the train station. Apparently, Domino College doesn't start for another week, and Tea wanted to come 'visit' us before she starts classes." Ryou crossed his arms after he was finished with his hair and snorted at nothing in particular. "Did she have to choose the week that WE start school, which is the very same week where our teachers LOVE to load us with homework and essays?"

Malik's eyes widened and he groaned as well. "How long is she staying for?"

Ryou pouted as he stood and began to tidy up the livingroom a bit. "Until Sunday."

Malik groaned, and pouted as he went into the bathroom to change out of his pajama's, which he was still in because none of his classes started until Thursday. Ryou crossed his arms, flopped on the couch, and pouted. His pout lasted the entire trip to the train station...

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Yami glanced in the rear view mirror as the trio pulled into the train station. Ryou was seated in the back seat, arms crossed, and a pout was pasted onto his lips. Malik was staring out the window aimlessly next to Ryou, and had a look of agitation on his features. When Malik caught glimpses of the trains, he turned to Yami and started to whine.

"Do we have to pick her up? Can't we say we got lost in the traffic and leave her here? I don't wann~a spend 5 WHOLE days with her!" His lavender eyes started to plead, and Yami had to look away from the thoroughly creepy sight. Malik and pleading were two things that should never EVER meet in this millennium nor the next.

Ryou glared at the window, and reached over to place a hand over Malik's mouth. "If you don't watch out, we'll get stuck with having her stay in our dorm."

Yami sweatdropped and brought his shoulders up in a protective manner as he parked the car. "Um, I hate to be the one to tell you, but she'll be in your guy's dorm. You two are the only ones who aren't going to be participating in some rather, ahem, noisy activities. We wouldn't want to scare her off now, would we?"

Malik's eyes widened in horror, an exact mirror of Ryou's, and he pulled Ryou against his side. "Nuh uh. She's not staying with us. If I have to, I'll have sex with the damn wall, but she is SO NOT staying with us. Ryou and I will not be submitted to that TORTURE!"

Ryou was started blushing as Malik's hands wound around his waist, and he began to fidget. Yami raised an eyebrow, and shut the car off as he opened his door. Malik had buried his head in Ryou's chest and was whining, and Ryou was petting his hair softly. It took a few moments, but Malik composed himself all the same, and helped Ryou step out of the car. Yami was ahead of them, next to one of the entrances to the station, waiting. Ryou groaned as they stepped closer to the doors, and followed Malik, who was leading him by the hand. Maybe having Tea visit wasn't going to be such a bad thing...That thought left Ryou as they stepped inside station, and the second it was gone, Ryou had to resist the urge to bash his fluffy, cotton ball like head against one of the many walls around them.

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Malik whined for the twelfth time in the past five minutes, and Yami whapped him with the schedule in his hands. "Shut UP Malik!" Several other people clapped as Malik rubbed his head, and thanked Yami for finally hitting the annoying teen. Ryou rolled his eyes, but looked at Malik's head when said teen came running to him groaning about 'Stupid Pharaohs with schedules of doom that told them when their death would arrive...'

Ryou turned to Yami after his inspection of Malik's head and sighed. "What time is her train supposed to arrive? After all, we have been waiting here for over an hour."

Yami glanced down at the schedule and located the time of Tea's train. "It was supposed to be here at two, but the man at the ticket booth said that it would be a little late because of a small problem in Domino."

Malik crossed his arms, and refused to look at Yami. It wasn't long before a man was calling out the number of Tea's train on the track to their right, and Malik released one last groan before pasting on a fake smile, and going over to the door to help Yami get Tea's bags. There were only two, and a moment later, Tea herself was bouncing off of the train with a bright smile as she looked at Yami. She still wasn't ready to accept the fact that Yami was gay, involved with Yugi, and that he had absolutely NO interest in her. Come to think of it, she was like that with the entire group. When she heard about Seto and Joey hooking up, she had screamed that it was only a farce, and they were only pretending because they couldn't handle the thought of Tea not loving either of them. Joey had gagged, with Seto right behind him, Yugi and Yami had sweatdropped, and Ryou had to place a hand over Bakura's mouth to keep the rude comment. When Malik had heard about it later on, he was in Egypt when it happened, he had laughed his head off for hours and agreed with Bakura when he said that Tea was the reason that the entire group was gay.

Tea's eyes drifted over to Ryou, and they lit up when she took a good long look at Ryou's new look. Her blue orbs traveled up his hip hugging, baggy, black pants up to his silver bracelet loaded wrists, up to his blue, slightly tight, tank top, and stopped when they settled onto his outlined eyes. Tea's eyes held a predatory look in them, and Ryou gulped as she began to digest the new look in her mind. She stopped talking to Yami, and 'seductively' walked over to Ryou. Malik gagged behind her, and Yami shot Ryou an apologetic look.

Tea stopped next to Ryou, and started to run her fingers through Ryou's ponytail. "Hello, Ryou dear. Did you miss me?"

Ryou gulped a few times, and tried to scoot away, but Tea had an ironclad grip on his wrist. Ryou looked at his two friends, who were gaping fish at the moment, and glared a glare that clearly stated: 'If you do not help me NOW, there will be HELL to pay later.' Malik got the message and handed Yami the bag he was holding. He walked over to Ryou and Tea, and removed Tea's hands and growled.

"I would greatly appreciate it if you would NOT touch my boyfriend. Hands OFF!" Malik took Ryou hands and wound their fingers together before dragging him off to the car, leaving a smirking Yami behind with a mortified Tea.

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Tea would occasionally look into the rear view mirror at Malik, who had Ryou leaning against him, and glared at him. Malik smirked and pulled Ryou closer every time, and Ryou's blush increased each time. After about twenty minutes of the forty minute drive back from the train station, Ryou gave in to impulse and took Malik's hand in his as he leaned closer into Malik's chest. Malik smirked down at Ryou and squeezed the pale hand in his. Oh, this was going to be an interesting five days...

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Tea nearly screamed when she was told of where she was going to be staying. How dare they put her in the same dorm as Ryou and Malik! Why couldn't it have been Yami's dorm? Even though Ryou was being nice and was helping her set up her sleeping area in the livingroom on the fold out couch, she couldn't help but be upset. And since when was Ryou gay? Why was her entire group of friends GAY???? Why her? Why them? Why couldn't all the hotties around her be straight?

The author will answer those questions with an infamous quote from Bakura. "She's made the entire group gay by turning them off of the thought of women in sexual situations. She is GROSS!"

Now, on with our story, minus Tea, who is now asleep in Ryou and Malik's livingroom.

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Ryou was lying on his side, staring at the now asleep Malik, who was lying on his back. It had been an interesting day, now that he thought about it. Tea nearly molested him, and Malik had come to his rescue, saying that Ryou was his boyfriend. That would mean that they would have to pretend while Tea was still there. Ryou wasn't bothered by the idea, in fact, he enjoyed it. But he was bothered about the feelings that came with Malik's touch. Ryou would become putty around Malik, and the Millennium Rod holder knew that. Malik could manipulate Ryou in any manner he wanted, and Ryou would comply to his wishes.

Ryou wasn't sure if it was all a game, real, or just his imagination, but Ryou was willing to bet that Malik was quite aware of Ryou's feelings. Malik would look at him with a weird, contemplating look sometimes, or Malik would always be hovering around Ryou, always willing to help him in any manner possible. Ryou observed Malik with the rest of their friends, and noticed that Malik wasn't as open in his body language as he was when Ryou was with him. Malik would lose a bit of a sparkle that was in his eyes when Ryou was down, or angry. But Malik was always sparkly eyed whenever Ryou was happy or laughing...

Ryou was startled out of his musings when Malik started to groan in his sleep, muttering something, before his words became louder and more intelligible. Ryou got up off of his bed and crossed the room. When he sat on Malik's bed, he placed a hand onto Malik's chest, and leaned down to hear what Malik was saying.

"Get away, Marik! Go! Don't touch me, please don't touch me..." Malik started to trail off, and when Ryou gently shook him into awareness, he screamed.

Malik's lavender eyes darted around the room wildly before resting on Ryou's concerned face. He pushed himself up, and with Ryou's help, sat up on the bed with his hands buried into his hair. Ryou was brushing his hair away from his face and rubbing his back in small circles, all the while whispering comforting words in his ear. When Malik's breathing slowed to normal, Ryou got on his knees before Malik and rested his elbows on Malik's knees.

"Care to tell me what that was about?"

Malik sighed and removed his hands from his hair. He put his arms around Ryou, and drew him up against his chest. "It was about Marik. More of a memory than a dream."

Ryou wrapped his own arms around Malik's neck and buried his head into Malik's chest. "Happens to me a lot as well, Malik. For me, it's usually about when Marik sent you and Bakura to the Shadow Realm after your Shadow Duel with him in Battle City."

Malik pulled back a little to look at Ryou's face. "You saw that?"

Ryou shook his head. "No, but I felt it. Bakura had forgotten to fully lock my soul room door when he took over our body in his game against Yami. I could feel things about him, and I could feel you as well, but I couldn't see you. I remember pushing against that door as hard as I could to get to Bakura, but when the duel ended, he locked my door completely before disappearing. I don't remember much after that."

Malik pulled Ryou closer and brought him to lie down against his side as he got back into bed. "I'm really sorry about what I put you through then. I didn't have full control over the things I did for the longest time...I'm not so sure about how you can just up and forgive me like that."

Ryou nuzzled Malik's chest and sighed as Malik loosely wrapped his arms around his back. "I felt that being sent to the Shadow Realm was enough punishment for you. Bakura was in shambles for months after I managed to pull him back from the Shadow Realm and Yami's Puzzle. I knew that you'd be the same, if not worse, when you returned."'

Malik gently kissed Ryou's forehead and smiled. "Thank you."

Ryou blushed as his position and Malik's kiss finally registered in his mind. "You're welcome..." The blush died when he felt Malik's slow breathing against his own chest, and he snuggled deeper into Malik's embrace.

Ryou smirked as he felt sleep come upon him and mumbled before letting sleep claim him. "I believe I'm falling for you, Malik Ishtar..."

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Ryou's content mood from the previous night did not last the entire next day. His morning had been wonderful, who's wouldn't be if you woke up in the arms of Malik Ishtar, but his afternoon in school had been terrible! His computer programming class went okay, but as soon as he stepped into his electronics repair class, his mood went downhill. There was an exam on how to disassemble and reassemble a hard drive in two days, and Ryou was still in the clouds when it came to the first few things about it. His teacher had refused to allow them more than a half hour for the exam, and Ryou could have screamed when he realized that he would be having a TON of homework to do over the next two nights. Needless to say, he was quite pissed when he came through the door of his dorm.

Tea was nowhere to be seen, and Malik was sitting on the couch watching TV. Ryou threw his bag against the end of the couch, and plopped down next to Malik. "I hate college."

Malik raised an eyebrow and turned the TV off before turning to Ryou. Ryou had his arms crossed and was glaring at the innocent, yeah right, book bag on the floor. "And you're saying this because...?"

Ryou glared harder and pouted at the same time. "I'm saying this because I have an exam on Friday, over something I have no IDEA on where to begin, and a ton of homework."

Malik rolled his eyes and brought Ryou to sit on his lap. Ryou's bent knees where on either side of Malik's hips, and Malik placed his hands on Ryou's stomach. "You, my pet, need to chill out. The world is not going to end just because of an exam. Now, will you be quiet for more than two seconds?"

Ryou leaned forward and rested his cheek on Malik's shoulder. Malik's hands traveled under Ryou's uniform jacket and he started to massage Ryou's shoulders. Ryou let out a moan as Malik hit a particularly painful knot in his back, and Malik smirked as he gently set to work on removing that knot. About five minutes into the back rub, the front door opened and a distracted Kaiba came in, with Tea not far behind. They spotted the pair on the couch, and Ryou let out a perfectly timed groan. Seto smirked while Tea screamed and ran off, yelling down the hallways about gay men and couches.

Seto gave Malik a thumbs up before shutting the door, probably on his way to tell the others of what he just walked in on. Malik grinned and looked down at Ryou, who had apparently fallen asleep. He smirked and brought his hands down to rest against Ryou's tail bone on his lap, and tilted his head back onto the couch and fell asleep himself.

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Ryou woke late in the afternoon, just as the sun was setting. He lifted his head out from under Malik's chin and smiled as he stared at Malik's face. The red and gold hues of the sunset were bouncing off of Malik's golden hair, causing it to shimmer, and he looked simply gorgeous as he sat there. Gently lifting himself off of Malik's lap, Ryou headed in to the kitchen and began to make something for dinner for he and Malik, along with their guest. Speaking of which, Tea was still no where to be seen. Ryou shrugged his shoulders and proceeded to make dinner.

An hour later, Malik was still asleep, Tea was still gone, and Ryou had dinner done. Walking over to the door, Ryou opened it a peeked out into the hallway to see if he could catch a glimpse of Tea. When he didn't, he crossed the hallway and knocked on Yami and Yugi's door. A few minutes later, Tea came to the door, and when she saw him standing there, she blushed and refused to meet his eyes. "Can I help you?"

Ryou quirked his head to the side and raised an eyebrow. "Tea, what are you doing over here? I thought you were staying with us?"

Tea's blush deepened and she shook her head. "Yami suggested I stay over here after Kaiba and I walked in on you and Malik on the couch..."

It was Ryou's turn to blush as he remembered hearing Tea scream before falling asleep. "I..uh...I'm quite sorry about that."

Tea shook her head and began to close the door. "No problem..."

Ryou went back into his dorm and leaned against the door as he smirked at the still sleeping Malik. "You are a very insane person, you know that don't you? You managed to get Tea to stay in Yugi and Yami's dorm without even trying. I envy you..."

Malik mumbled in his sleep and turned his head. Ryou walked over, crouched down, and began to poke Malik in the chest. "You can get up now. Malik, it's seven PM, do you plan on sleeping now so you won't be able to sleep tonight? You have school tomorrow, or has that fact slipped your mind?"

Malik groaned and picked up a pillow to place over his head. "Don't wanna get up. Sleepy. Hate school."

Ryou grinned and stood. "I guess I'll have to go back over to Yugi's and tell him that it's okay for Tea to stay here again. I'm sure he and Yami won't mind getting rid of her."

Malik removed the pillow and glared at Ryou. "We just ditched her. Are you nuts!?"

Ryou smiled and began to set the kitchen table. "No, but I do believe that you and Bakura are starting to wear off on me."

Malik grinned demonically and began to eat. "That was the plan, Ryou. That's the plan."

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Malik came into the door after his classes and glared at everything and anything that dared to cross his path. Ryou raised an eyebrow, his classes were in the early morning to afternoon, and laughed when Malik stared at his book bag as though it would eat him. Taking his uniform jacket off, Malik sighed and sat, more like flopped, onto the couch next to Ryou. Putting his head in Ryou's lap, Malik brushed his hair to the side.

"I rubbed your back last night. You rub my neck. I have a headache so big, I believe it could eat Godzilla and Rodan [1] together."

Ryou smiled and began to run his fingers along Malik's neck. "Tell me about your day."

Malik began his tale, which involved his Evil, yes, that's a capital E, English teacher giving out an assignment on the first day, which Malik said had to be illegal, and some dumb blonde chick hitting on him at all times. Ryou laughed, the entire time running his hands through Malik's hair and rubbing his neck.

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[1] = Very old movie which involves a large raptor like dino trying to kill Godzilla; at least that's who I think it is, it's been a long time since I've seen that movie.

Well,...how did you like it? Did you hate it? Any ideas or comments about future chappies? REVIEW!

Next Chappy: It's Christmas time! The gang returns home during break, Ryou and Bakura go shopping for Malik, and Malik enlists the help of Seto Kaiba to try and get Ryou's undying attention. Poor Ryou, isn't that a leather thong Bakura's holding? I don't think Malik would like that...Keep your eyes, ears, and noses open for the next chapter of: Those Were The Days!